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French foreign minister wants probe into Nemtsov killinghttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3388734-french-foreign-minister-wants-probe-nemtsov-killing.html
PARIS (AP) — France's foreign minister is calling for an investigation into the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, calling it an "assassination that was revolting."
Laurent Fabius said on BFM television Monday that the shooting of Nemtsov in Moscow on Friday night "raises a series of questions." He insisted on a thorough investigation...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:36:09 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3388734-french-foreign-minister-wants-probe-nemtsov-killing.html2015-03-02T09:36:09ZEU warns of new sanctions if Ukraine peace deal collapseshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3378198-eu-warns-sanctions-ukraine-peace-deal-collapses.html
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union President Donald Tusk warned on Wednesday that the EU will not hesitate to impose new punishment on the separatists and Russia if the latest Ukraine peace deal collapses.
Tusk told the EU legislature on Wednesday that "additional sanctions remain on the table. We should be ready for any development — good or bad." Ukraine sa...Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:07:34 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3378198-eu-warns-sanctions-ukraine-peace-deal-collapses.html2015-02-25T18:07:34ZFrance, Germany hold out sanctions if Ukraine accords breakhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3368934-france-germany-hold-sanctions-ukraine-accords-break.html
PARIS (AP) — France and Germany held out the possibility on Friday of sanctions if the Minsk accords to stabilize Ukraine are not respected.
President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed for respect for the cease-fire and withdrawal of heavy arms during a joint news conference. The two heads of state, along with the leaders of Uk...Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:59:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3368934-france-germany-hold-sanctions-ukraine-accords-break.html2015-02-20T15:59:24ZLeaders decry Denmark attack as assault on freedom of speechhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3358648-leaders-decry-denmark-attack-assault-freedom-speech.html
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Public figures across Europe and beyond on Sunday condemned the attack by an unidentified gunman against a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen that left three people dead, including the suspected perpetrator. Investigators in the Danish capital say the gunman could have been inspired by the terror attacks in Paris last month, in which t...Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:10:11 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3358648-leaders-decry-denmark-attack-assault-freedom-speech.html2015-02-15T22:10:11ZLeaders in Minsk for crucial Ukraine peace talkshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3350808-leaders-minsk-crucial-ukraine-peace-talks.html
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Intense talks on ending the war in Ukraine entered the 14th hour on Thursday as the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany sought to untangle a complicated skein of military and political issues.
More than 5,300 people have died since April in the fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in two eastern ...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 06:35:40 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3350808-leaders-minsk-crucial-ukraine-peace-talks.html2015-02-12T06:35:40ZFrench gov't: 'Problems remain' in Ukraine negotiationshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3350754-french-govt-problems-remain-ukraine-negotiations.html
PARIS (AP) — The French foreign minister says "quite a number of problems remain" in negotiations aimed at ending fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Laurent Fabius told France Inter radio that just hours before a four-way summit Wednesday in Minsk, Belarus, it was "very probable" but not certain that French President Francois Hollande would attend.
...Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:26:06 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3350754-french-govt-problems-remain-ukraine-negotiations.html2015-02-11T07:26:06ZUkraine: Hollande determined for peace talks to succeedhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3349580-ukraine-hollande-determined-peace-talks-to-succeed.html
PARIS (AP) — French president Francois Hollande said he is determined for Ukraine peace talks to succeed, but without any certainty, ahead of a planned meeting Wednesday in Minsk between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France.
Hollande said "it is our common interest to get a global agreement." He spoke to reporters following a meeting Tuesday...Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:31:48 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3349580-ukraine-hollande-determined-peace-talks-to-succeed.html2015-02-10T17:31:48ZEU puts off new Russia sanctions, awaits Minsk peace talkshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3347204-eu-puts-russia-sanctions-awaits-minsk-peace-talks.html
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union decided Monday to temporarily hold off slapping sanctions on more Ukrainian separatists and Russians pending the outcome of possible peace talks this week.
With the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine due to hold negotiations in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday, the EU has delayed placing asset freezes and travel ...Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:16:33 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3347204-eu-puts-russia-sanctions-awaits-minsk-peace-talks.html2015-02-09T17:16:33ZFrance ups ante for food tourism with new Michelin guidehttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3334906-france-ups-ante-food-tourism-with-michelin-guide.html
PARIS (AP) — France — the center of world gastronomy — wants to make its reputation for rude waiters a thing of the past.
More tourists visit France than any country in the world but the country is battling a reputation of giving them less than a warm welcome, especially in restaurants. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is also in charge of tour...Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:56:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3334906-france-ups-ante-food-tourism-with-michelin-guide.html2015-02-02T15:56:10ZKidnapped French aid worker freed in C. African Republichttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3317410-kidnapped-french-aid-worker-freed-c-african-republic.html
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A French aid worker kidnapped in Central African Republic and her co-worker have been released, those involved in the negotiations said Friday.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Claudia Priest, 67, had been released and thanked Central African Republic authorities and especially the archbishop of the ...Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:30:40 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3317410-kidnapped-french-aid-worker-freed-c-african-republic.html2015-01-23T18:30:40ZKerry meets Iranian foreign minister in Parishttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3305682-kerry-meets-iranian-foreign-minister-paris.html
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met for nearly an hour with his Iranian counterpart in Paris on Friday in what was their second face-to-face encounter this week.
The meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif took place at Kerry's hotel in the French capital before he returned to Washington. The pair spent six hours togethe...Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:30:22 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3305682-kerry-meets-iranian-foreign-minister-paris.html2015-01-16T17:30:22ZKerry offers 'big hug' to Paris after attackshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3305468-kerry-offers-big-hug-to-paris-attacks.html
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paid respect in both English and French on Friday to the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris in a show of American solidarity with the French people.
At a ceremony at the Hotel de Ville, the city hall of Paris, Kerry called the attacks a "living nightmare" but one that would unite rather than d...Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:36:25 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3305468-kerry-offers-big-hug-to-paris-attacks.html2015-01-16T15:36:25ZEurope's Muslims feel heat of backlash after Paris terrorhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3300184-europes-muslims-feel-heat-backlash-paris-terror.html
PARIS (AP) — Firebombs and pig heads thrown into mosques. Veiled women subjected to insults in the street. The Internet awash with threats against Muslims. Europe's Muslims are feeling the heat of a fierce backlash following last week's terror attack against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
An official who keeps track of Islamophobic attacks in F...Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:08:22 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3300184-europes-muslims-feel-heat-backlash-paris-terror.html2015-01-13T20:08:22ZUkraine meeting in Berlin ends without significant progresshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3297902-ukraine-meeting-berlin-ends-without-progress.html
BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France were unable to make enough progress in closed-door meetings Monday on the Ukrainian crisis to move ahead with a higher-level summit.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said their four-hour meeting was a "very open exchange" but did not produce the results needed for th...Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:21:03 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3297902-ukraine-meeting-berlin-ends-without-progress.html2015-01-12T22:21:03ZMillions rally for unity against terrorism in Francehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3297924-millions-rally-unity-terrorism-france.html
PARIS (AP) — More than a million people surged through the boulevards of Paris behind dozens of world leaders walking arm-in-arm Sunday in a rally for unity described as the largest demonstration in French history. Millions more marched around the country and the world to repudiate three days of terror that killed 17 people and changed France.
Amid intens...Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:07:45 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3297924-millions-rally-unity-terrorism-france.html2015-01-12T00:07:45ZIn Paris attack, clash on whether to limit press freedomhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3292318-paris-attack-clash-whether-to-limit-press-freedom.html
PARIS (AP) — Two sides in conflict over whether there should be limits to the liberty of self-expression clashed violently in a usually tranquil side street on the Right Bank of Paris.
When it was over, a dozen people lay dead — including some of the most prominent political cartoonists and satirists in France, and the police officers assigned to protect ...Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:05:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3292318-paris-attack-clash-whether-to-limit-press-freedom.html2015-01-08T11:05:04ZKerry: No one should interfere in Israeli electionhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/3263082-kerry-interfere-israeli-election.html
LONDON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday outlined America's opposition to any effort undermining Israel's election process, while at the same time holding out hope the U.S. and its partners could find a way to advance Mideast peace and respond to the frustrations of Palestinians.
Kerry wouldn't categorize America's position on suggestions fo...Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:01:20 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/3263082-kerry-interfere-israeli-election.html2014-12-16T18:01:20ZFrance seeking support for Mideast planhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3262596-france-seeking-support-mideast-plan.html
PARIS (AP) — France on Tuesday tried to overcome resistance and rally international support for a draft U.N. plan setting a two-year deadline for peace talks on Palestinian statehood.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius met in Paris with the secretary-general of the Arab League, Egyptian and Palestinian ministers, and former Israeli President Shimon Peres. Fa...Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:28:01 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3262596-france-seeking-support-mideast-plan.html2014-12-16T13:28:01ZKerry, Netanyahu meet as UN efforts heat uphttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3260732-kerry-netanyahu-meet-un-efforts-heat-up.html
ROME (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the U.S. and Israel developed their responses to a draft U.N. resolution that would set a two-year timetable for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.
Before departing for the talks in Rome, Netanyahu took a hard line and said he would not allow others to...Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:30:15 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3260732-kerry-netanyahu-meet-un-efforts-heat-up.html2014-12-16T00:30:15ZGerman citizen killed in Kabul school bombinghttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3255174-german-citizen-killed-kabul-school-bombing.html
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on Thursday, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the performance underway was immoral. Ironically, the subject of the musical ...Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:02:13 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3255174-german-citizen-killed-kabul-school-bombing.html2014-12-12T02:02:13Z